A
little more experimentation on the old watercolor paper! I really
enjoyed painting this one -- "gold in them thar hills" sounds a bit
tacky but -- it just reminded me so much of the southwestern part of the
U.S., part Colorado, Utah, Arizona and so on. You just never know what
lies in the red rocks, hills, cliffs, with the turquoise skies
overhead. To me these are the quintessential Western colors of our
terrain out here. Happy, happy!
"Gold in Those Red Hills", original watercolor
painting, 5"x8.5", $65
includes s/h in continental U.S., click
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Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
